Is China a threat to peace in Asia?

China's defence budget and territorial claims are unsettling its Asian neighbours and increasing tension with its strategic rival, the United States. So will China's rise as an economic superpower continue to be peaceful or will China aggressively assert itself in the region?

Editor of the Australian edition of The Spectator magazine. Former editor of the Opinion Page of The Australian newspaper and former Senior Foreign Policy Adviser to the then leader of the Opposition, Brendan Nelson.

Credits

Presenter

Paul Barclay

Producer

Lindy Raine

Comments (3)

Heather :

08 Apr 2014 8:56:42pm

Good show but - Benjamin, my dear boy, just listen to yourself - I am sorry but the Australian/American accent was like listening to an Aussie who had swallowed a Frank Zappa's Valley Girl track, a Casey Kasem's Top 40 program and Elvis Presley! Great content - sure - but my ears are still bleeding. He calmed down after a bit but his first few minutes were hyped to the max, the rhythm all over the place, emphasis on articles and prepositions and weirdo chuckles underlying what he mistakenly thought were humorous asides. It was nice when he slowed down, even better when he stopped. Get him help please.

Douglas Chalmers :

09 Apr 2014 12:37:11pm

This is just rubbish, uhh! Historically, it is the USA which is the expansionist invader nation... ever since the Mexican-American war in 1846, never mind Korea, Vietnam, Iraq + Afghanistan (all countries in Asia) as well as the Philippines in 1898... see today's article http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/04/08/us-china-usa-idUSBREA370N020140408